Back row left to right: Coach Scott Balovich, Coach John Schauwecker, Randi Held, Ashley Boucher, Kayla Balovich, Jodi Mesdag, Emma Good, Coach Chuck Gordon, Manager John Boucher

Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is facing yet another ethics complaint – for allegedly abusing her office during the presidential campaign.

Alaska is getting $3 million in federal stimulus money to pay for improvements to the Hoonah Ferry Terminal.

Plans are now under way to resume oil shipments using the terminal near the base of Alaska’s Mount Redoubt now that the volcano has quieted.

A museum that chronicled the history of the Russian Orthodox church in Alaska with artifacts and artwork dating back as long as a century will close its doors in August.

Juneau resident Patsy Dustin Jordan died July 12, 2009, after a brief illness. She was 82.

It was some amusement that I read the letter in last Fridays paper from the gentleman in Soldotna who encouraged people to write to our Republican representatives and let them know that they should get on board with the President Obama’s health care plan. As it happened, I had just sent an e-mail the other day to Sen. Mark Begich saying the last thing I wanted was the government to be involved in health care, at least where I’m concerned.

ANCHORAGE – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s political action committee raised nearly $733,000 in its first five months, according to a report filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission.

ANCHORAGE – A man charged with stealing more than $108,000 from the nonprofit Alaska Marine Conservation Council has disappeared, but not before he first confessed to his crimes online, sought legal help and promised to return all the money, authorities said.

Continued efforts to combat underage drinking in Alaska seem to be working, officials say.